When insolvent, pack minimally, with a valise tough enough to be thrown onto a London pavement from a first- or second-floor window. Insist on hotel rooms no higher.

Do ants get headaches?

This isn’t lust. Lust wants, does the obvious Love is greedier. Love wants round-the-clock care; protection; rings, vows, joint accounts; scented candles on birthdays; life insurance. Babies. Love’s a dictator.

Whoever opined "Money can't buy you happiness" obviously had far too much of the stuff.

I think it's natural for youth to be drawn to newness: The world is still new for them.

The act of memory is an act of ghostwriting.

Courage is the highest quality for a soldier, but technology is a fine substitute.